January 28th

January 28, 2011

NARRAGANSETTâ€“In Judy Grisevichâ€™s class students have been researching frogs, toads, bats, owls, and polar animals. For each study, students research using the Independent Investigation Model (IIM) and show what they have learned in a way that interests themâ€”choosing from a tic-tac-toe menu of choices.

January 28, 2011

KINGSTON â€“ The University of Rhode Island women's hockey player Justine Ducie is making history this week as being the first URI female athlete to represent the school on the first Team USA squad to play for the World University Games in Turkey.

January 28, 2011

By

JAMES MEROLLA

There is the Stanley Cup and the Calder Cup. The uninitiated would not know they are awarded in hockey.
There is the Winston Cup. That trophy, you might guess, as it deals with racing in Winston, in the Carolinas.
But leave it to coffee maven Dunkinâ€™ Donuts to award the very appropriately-named Coffee Cup for some incredibly quick racing on the oval concrete at their very own Center.

January 27th

January 28, 2011

NORTH KINGSTOWNâ€”For many people, January is a time of great promise.
Sure, the weather is far from fantasticâ€”itâ€™s cold, itâ€™s snowy, itâ€™s icyâ€”but, still, itâ€™s time for a new year and, in that way, January acts as a sort of reset button for a lot of our bad behaviors.
But what happens when we turn the page into February? Do we slide back into our old habits or do we find a way to stay on the right track?
For Fabulous Fitness owner Eddie Brandt, the answer is simple: There is no such thing as a reset button.

January 27, 2011

NARRAGANSETTâ€“Gambia, a former Portuguese and British colony is a smallest ribbon of cities, villages, and swamps along the Gambia River, measuring only 30 miles at its widest point. Like Rhode Island, Gambia is trying to increase its oyster population (See Narragansett Times Dec. 15) and it is doing this and promulgating its fisheries' product laws with the help of former state representative Michael Rice.